In August 1907, General Sir Robert S. S. Baden-Powell of England organized the Boy Scout Movement, to motivate, teach skills, and give agency to local boys. It didn’t take long for this idea to spread across the world. In the spring of 1910, a newspaper reported that the Young Men’s Christian association scouts had formed in Springfield, Massachusetts \“Clad in khaki suits, golf hose, belts, and rakish slouch hats.\”
More than 2.2 million individuals, between the age of 5 and 21, are part of the project. Nearly 800,000 volunteers are also associated with the Boy Scouts program.